Book chest of Hugo de Groot, anonymous, c. 1600 - c. 1615
sawing, h 73cm × w 160cm × d 75cm More details
In his fall from grace, Oldenbarnevelt also took down a few friends. The most famous of them was the celebrated jurist Hugo de Groot. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, but managed to escape by hiding in a chest used to bring him books. The chest on display here was long thought to be the one from this famous story.
